IFOAM - Organics International is pleased to announce the launch of the Organic Equivalence Tracker, the first ever comprehensive list of global equivalence agreements enabling the trade of organic products between countries. This tracker... more

Global organic area reaches another all-time highNearly 70 million hectares of farmland are organic.The latest global data on organic farming worldwide will be presented by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and IFOAM – Organics International at BIOFACH, the world’s leading trade... more

A Common Food Policy for Europe is urgently required to address climate change, halt biodiversity loss, curb obesity, and make farming viable for the next generation. This was the key message of a report launched recently by the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (... more

Although the environmental and social benefits of organic farming have been increasingly recognized in science and politics, the potential for organic farming to solve the environmental and resource challenges of our time remains inconsistently assessed. With this in mind, the Thünen Institute,... more

At Rapunzel Naturkost GmbH, Fair Trade and organic farming belong together. Working within this context, Rapunzel contributes a portion of its annual proceeds to the HAND IN HAND fund, a joint grant-funding initiative of the Deutsche Umwelthilfe (Environmental Action Germany). Since... more

IFOAM – Organics International is saddened to report the passing of Dr. L. Narayan Reddy (1935-2019). An iconic organic farmer, Dr. L. Narayan Reddy passed away on January 14, 2019 at the age of 84. For many, Dr. Narayan Reddy was a role model and an inspiration within the global organic movement.Born into a large farming family near Bangalore, Dr... more

This week commemorates the 84th annual International Green Week, or International Grüne Woche, (IGW). Set in Berlin, Germany, the IGW brings together global representatives of the food, agricultural, and gardening industries to discuss renewable resources, organic agriculture, and the future of sustainable rural development. The IGW is also... more

The 24th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held in Katowice, Poland from 2-14 December 2018. IFOAM – Organics International organized and attended several events to speak out on behalf of the organic food and farming community and to raise awareness about the urgent need to make... more

Claims have been circulating in the media that the study ‘Assessing the efficiency of changes in land use for mitigating climate change’ came to the conclusion that organic food is worse for the climate.However, the study published in Nature, makes very little reference to organic... more